At the General Meeting on 13 September six new researchers were elected members of the Academy’s classes for mathematics, geosciences, biosciences, medical sciences and social sciences.
Class for geosciences
Swedish member

Johan Nilsson is Professor of Meteorology at the Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University.
Johan Nilsson, Stockholm University
Class for biosciences
Foreign member

Alexandre Antonelli is Director of Science at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
Alexandre Antonelli, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Class for medical sciences
Swedish members

Thoas Fioretos is Professor at the Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University.
Thoas Fioretos, Lund University

Qiang Pan-Hammarström is Professor of Clinical Immunology at the Division of Immunology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet.
Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Karolinska Institutet
Class for social sciences
Swedish member

Gunnar Andersson is Professor of Demography at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.
Class for mathematics
Swedish member

Pär Kurlberg is Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Pär Kurlberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology